Mop-wringer.



H. T. INGHRAM.

MQP WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1912.

1,093,932; Patented "Apr. 21, 191 1 COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. n. c.

nnrrn HOl/VARD T. INGHRAM, OF FAIRFIELI), IOWA.

MOP-WBINGEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 30, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914.

Serial No. 674,410.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HOWARD T. INGHRAM, citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfield, in the county of Jefferson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mop-\Vringers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to mop wringers, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and an eflicient device which can be easily and quickly applied to the edge of an ordinary water bucket and which may be used for the purpose of wringing out a cloth or rag.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a device which may be easily and quickly removed from the bucket, thus leaving the same unobstructed to be used for other purposes.

Another object is to provide a device of this character that will enable one to wring a cloth or mop without bending over the re ceptacle, or without immersing the hands in the water, thereby avoiding subjecting the hands to contact with filth or steam from the water.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following de scription and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the wringer applied to a bucket; Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the wringer; Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the wringer viewing the same at a right angle to the view shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the wringer..

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

The wringer consists of a body 1 which is approximately spiral in plan. The space between the opposite side portions of the body 1 gradually decreases in transverse area from one end of the spiral to the inner end thereof, where a vertical rib 2 is formed. The body 1 is provided upon its inner side from the middle to one end with inwardly disposed ribs 3, and that part of the body 1 having the ribs 3 is provided at its lower edge and just in advance of the ribs 3 with notches 4. The body 1 is provided at one end of the spiral with an outwardly disposed portion 5, and the body 1 is provided at its side or end opposite that at which the portion 5 is located with an outwardly disposed portion 6. These portions 5 and 6 constitute antennae or guides for a mop or cloth, as will be explained hereinafter. The body 1 is provided at its back with lugs 7. These lugs are provided at their upper edges with depressions 8. A bar 9rconnects the outer ends of the lugs 7 together, and is adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the bucket, when the wringer is in position upon the same. The lug 10 depends from the intermediate portion of the bar 9, and a set screw 11 passes transversely through the said lug.

In operation, the bar 9 is placed upon the upper edge of a bucket, the upper edge portion of which is received between the lugs 7 and 10, and the set screw 11 is tightened so that the wringer is held at a desired point upon the edge of the bucket. A mop head or cloth attached to a handle or staff (not shown) is passed between the guides 5 and 6, and is moved through the decreasing space between the opposite side portions of the body 1. At the same time, the handle or staff is rotated, and the mop head or cloth encounters the ribs 3 which have a tendency to restrain the head or cloth against rotation as it moves through the space. Thus, the mop head or cloth is contracted and by drawing the mop head or cloth in an upward direction, the water is squeezed from the head or cloth and precipitates into the bucket. As the mop head or cloth is drawn in an upward direction, as indicated, that portion which is below the body 'and which contains an excess of water, swells and enters the notches 4C, and as the head or cloth is carried past the notches, the edges thereof squeeze the water from the head or cloth. When the head or cloth encounters the terminal rib 2, said rib subjects the head or cloth to a final compression, and approxithis water may not flow over the edge of the bucket and run down the side of the same upon the floor.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A wringer comprising a body which is spiral in plan, said body having upon its inner side spaced ribs and at its lower edge spaced notches.

2. A wringer including a body which is spiral in plan, said wringer having upon its inner side ribs and being provided at its lower edge with notches formed one between each pair of adjacent ribs.

3. A wringer including a vertically disposed wall of spiral configuration extended at its free end to form a guide curving away from the spiral said'wall being provided intermediate its length with an outwardly curved guide extending in the opposite direction to the first, the inner face of the wall of the spiral being provided throughout its entire length with spaced apart vertically formed ribs, while the bottom edge of the said wall is notched to provide a downwardly directed tooth at the base of each rib, a clamp arm formed integrally with said wall at its juncture with the first mentioned guide, and a set screw operating in said clamp arm.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HOWARD T. INGI-IRAM. [L.S.] Witnesses:

V. S. SAMUELSON, H. R. HAWELL.

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